Suspending device for tools and the like



H. SELDOMRIDGE. SUSPENDING DEVICE FOR TOOLS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1921.

1,392,530, Y Patented '00:. 4, 1921.

tioni 'ports, and more particularly to a deviceln- I, ffmaniz sELno uarbGE, "or, cirivron; mama V fsiusrinivmne Dfnviciiron Ann Application filed June 1'2,

To azzwhomit may concern: I

Be it known that I, HARRY SnLDoMRmoE,

a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, {and resident'of Clinton, in the countly't of Vermilion and State-oflndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Su'spending Devices for. Tools "and the like,.o'f-'w hich the followingisa specifica- 1 This invention relates to hangers 0r suptended for adjustably supporting loads. at different heights with respect to an operator,

" or at least this is the primary object of the invention, but the'inventor does not wish to be limited, of course, with respect to the particular feature. I 1 I An object of this invention furthermore is 'to produce a hanger having a counter balancing weight, associated with means for "permitting the elevating or lowering of the hanger, the said device being associated with -meansfor holding the parts at diff'erentpositions of adjustment until manually controlled or'operated. i

This device is primarily intended for use in connectionwith the support of electric hair cutting devices and other implements employed by barbers, the device being intended to suspend the implements above the head clearance in a room and operative to be manipulated by a barber for drawing the suspending means down for the convenient removal of the implements carried by the suspending means; and the said invention furthermore contemplates the provision of av flexible element adapted to run over a pulley, one end of which flexible element has a counter weight, and the said flexible element. having a friction device which willpreventthe free running of the flexible member over the pulley, said friction device preferably being of such a nature as to overcome the ravity ofthe weight, but capable of freeing the flexible member and permitting it to move through the guide-or friction element when manipulated. I

A still further object of this invention is to produce a flexible element of the character indicated, associated with a stop or check which limits the movement of the weight upwardly and having the characteristics of retaining the parts frictionally as heretofore indicated.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of Specification of Lettersjl P atent.

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combination of parts to be her'einaftermore fully-set forth and claimedy' Inidescribmg the invention in'detail, ref -erence Wlll be had 'towthe accompanying construction; and v in. the arrangem t and I drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote correspond- 1ng parts in the several views, and; in wh1ch- Figure 1 illustrates -a view in elevation of a' device embodying the-invention; f:'

,Fig; .2 illustrates an enlarged detailed viewth-ereofj: at a position'at right angles to that shown in Fig. 1; and

iFigy3aillustrates asectional view on the line-3+3 of 'Fig; 2.

In these drawings preferably having an aperture 6 therethrough, constituing a guide for the flexible element 7 which may be preferably:in the natureot al cable having a'looped portion, operating overa hanger 8 rovided with a ezfree running sheaveipulley .9 to permit t 1: of the cable or. flexible member as it is manipulated The weight is permanently attached to one end of the cable as shown at 10, and the opposite length of cable is guided through the aperture 6 and projects below the weight.

Suitable implement supporting hooks such as 11 may be provided, the hooks, in the present embodiment of the invention, having an apertured head 12 through which the cable projects, the said head being secured to the cable by a fastening 13 such as a set screw. The shanks of the hooks are further connected by a yoke 14 forming a guide for the cable which extends below the ends of the hooks and preferably terminates in a snap hook 15 which may be used for suspending implements.

One length of the cable extends through an apertured guide orbarrel 16 in which it is slidable, the said guide beingofiset or diagonal with relation to the perpendicular, an arrangement which causes a slight buckling of the cable, due to the weight which exerts a pull to hold the cable straight except at the station where it passes through the guide. The relation of parts is well shown in Fig. 2, and it will be seen that the free running of the cable through the guide Sidenotes a i willbe prevented by the rather abrupt bend. I

of the guide.

The guide is formed with or attached'to in one direction;

Of course the clamp may be adjusted on an anchoring clamp l7 to which theother loop of the cable is connected by fastenings 18 such asset screws, and in the present embodiment ofthe invention, the clamp 17 is tubular and. has a clearance for the cable to pass through, after which the said clamp is secured to the cable and constitutes in addition to its clamping function,,a stop hich arrests the ascent of the weight,

t ereby'limiting the movement of the weight "the cable to any desired position by reason of the removable securing devices employed in connection with the clamp; 7

The diagonal arrangement is shown in Fig. 2 whereby thatlength of cable extending through the clamp extends across the guide and causesthe length of cable to be held well separated, so that those portions of the cable above and below the clamp and guide are maintained in parallel relation to each other.

As shown in the drawing, the weight has movable, the -said 'guide being diagonal to theperpendicular, a clamp 'carryingthe said I guide and engaging the opposite run of the cable,means for securing the said clamp to the cable, the said weighthaving a guide formed therein, the said cable extending through the guide of the weight,and implement supporting below the weight.

2. In a suspending means for tools and the like, a hanger, a cable operating thereover having parallel portions projecting therebelow, a weight connected to one end having an aperture to receive the opposite run of the cable, the said guide beingdiagonally disposed with relation to the parallel portions of the cable.

3. In an implement suspending device, a cable doubled on itself, means for support ing the looped portion of. the cable to per mit its'movement, a weight connected to one end of the cable, said weight having an aperture therethrough forming a guide for the said cable, implement-suspending elements on the cable below the weight, a clamp connected to one run of the cable, and a friction maintaining element carried by the clamp 1 and adapted to engage the other run of the cable.

- HARRY SELDOMRIDGE.

elements on thesaid cable of thecable, implementsupporting elements connected to thejcabl-e-near the opposite end, the said cable being guided by the weight, a clamp connected to'one'runl of the cable, and a :guideQcarried by the said-clamp and 

